The crackling of the fire was the only sound in this quiet night.
In the cave, Allen had already picked a clean and flat place to spread the beast skin. The beast skin was first smeared with snow, then melted into water by the fire and washed. Finally, it was smoked dry on the fire to remove the fishy smell. When it was laid on the ground, it was a soft and warm bed. Allen patted the beast skin and said, "Go to sleep."
Catherine shook her head and said, "Don't confuse me with those noble sisters. I've been in even worse environments. You don't have to work so hard."
"But it's always more comfortable to sleep like this."
Catherine walked over barefoot, and Allen's gaze fell on her tooth-like toes. He suddenly discovered that Catherine had been walking barefoot all the way from the center of the earth to the surface, but there was not a single trace of dirt on her bare feet. He really didn't know how she did it. He vaguely felt that it was related to Catherine's teleportation technique. If he could be as spotless as she was, then his teleportation technique would rise to a whole new level.
"Aren't you coming over?" Catherine sat in a corner of the beast skin and patted the side. She was on her side, and with her petite figure, she only occupied a third of the beast skin. The empty space was enough for another Allen to lie down.
Allen did not stand on ceremony and sat down beside her. However, he was not sleepy at all, so he sat against the mountain wall, facing the bonfire and the snow at the entrance of the cave. At this moment, he felt his waist tighten. It turned out that Catherine's hands were wrapped around him. She pillowed on Allen's chest and said, "Don't move like this. You smell so good. It makes me feel at ease … "
He reached out and slid his hand across Catherine's strangely colored head and finally landed on her shoulder. Allen patted her and said, "Then go to sleep."
Only then did he realize that Catherine had already fallen asleep. In the light of the fire, he could see her eyelashes trembling from time to time. Her face was like a cat in his arms, and then she fell asleep quietly. From time to time, the cries of some underground creatures could be heard from the deep passageway behind him. They reminded Allen of the day and night he had spent underground. Looking at the girl in his arms again, Allen felt that fate was so wonderful.
If someone had told him before that he would be so intimate with Catherine, he wouldn't have believed it even if he was beaten to death. But now, he was already the man in Catherine's life, even if this domineering girl was still unwilling to admit it.
Recalling that crazy scene with her in the earth's core, Allen's body was also ignited with a ball of fire. Catherine quickly noticed his masculine reaction. She opened her eyes and said in a daze, "I want to be on top this time!"
Before Allen could answer, the girl had already pressed down hard with her hands. The tremendous force caused Allen to involuntarily lie on the ground, and Katherine had already sat on his waist. The expression on her face was between sober and confused, which made her look particularly attractive. A moment later, Allen was wrapped in that tight, warm world again, and Katherine raised her long face from her head and moaned in satisfaction.
Under the illumination of the fire, the two figures in the cave were tightly entangled. Until the fire was extinguished, the breathing of the two people could still be heard in the darkness, as well as Katherine's occasional complacent chuckle.
The sky quietly brightened.
In the fire that had already been extinguished, a piece of charred wood suddenly snapped into two. Allen turned around and suddenly bounced up from the ground, only to find that he was the only one left in the cave. On the mountain wall beside him, he saw a line of words: Let's go first, my man.
Don't worry, it was left behind by Katherine. Allen shook his head and smiled. He wiped his hand on the mountain wall and the words disappeared. He got up to pack his things, kicked the fire away, and finally threw the animal skin on his back as a cloak. Now, he looked like a hunter on the surface.
If there were hunters on Frost Star.
Walking out of the cave, Allen reluctantly looked at the cave where the two of them had been warm last night. Then, he turned around and let out a clear howl. Like a big bird, he flew down the high slope and into the nearby forest. Using the sunlight and the shadows of the trees to determine his location, Allen headed east. Castellan Rock base was located in the east. He didn't know where he was now, but as long as he headed east, he would always find something.
The footprints he left on the snow were very deep. Apart from the weight of the heavy saber, Xue Yin, the weight of the backpack that had swelled up again was also not light. The Crystal Thorn Python that he and Katherine had killed was no ordinary item. In Katherine's words, that thing was almost full of treasures.
Of course, the most valuable thing was snake blood, which was the essence of the python. At that time, the snake blood was praised by the Abyss Devil and absorbed in large amounts, and a portion of its blood energy was transfused to Allen. Allen was affected by the snake's nature and had a relationship with Katherine. Not only did the python's blood energy essence strengthen Allen's Origin Energy and speed up his recovery, but part of the crystal python's genes were also seized by the Origin Tool, causing the nature of Allen's Origin Energy to change subtly.
Allen had already noticed this change in the few days he had been on the surface from his battle with the underground life. Now, any attack or ability he released would be entwined with electric snakes. Those light purple lightning bolts came from the ability of the Crystal Python. After its genes were plundered by the Origin Tool, they were transformed and combined with Allen's own genes, causing Allen's Origin Energy and combat skills to undergo corresponding changes.
These electric snakes added electric shock and paralysis effects to Allen's attacks. As for more uses, Allen had yet to discover them.
Apart from the snake blood, the python's scales were very strong. These scales were the size of a palm and had an uneven surface. They were so strong that Katherine had to use all her strength to pierce through the snake scales. At the same time, they were very light, and each scale weighed only about a few dozen grams. The rough surface could effectively disperse energy-type attacks, and Mother Earth's fireball had indirectly confirmed this.
If he used snake scales to create a set of scale armor, there would undoubtedly be more protection for survival on the dangerous battlefield.
Unfortunately, Allen's backpack had limited space and was unable to store all the snake scales, so he only picked a dozen or so scales with the best properties and put them in. However, the weight of the backpack was not because of them, but because of something else.
Crystal spikes.
Allen and the others removed twenty intact crystal spikes from the python. These were originally bone spikes, but under the python's repeated transformations, these spikes had also undergone a qualitative change. From the inside out, their texture was completely crystallized, and they even naturally produced some crystal threads, greatly increasing the upper limit of the crystal spike's energy storage. After the python died, the Origin Energy in the crystal thorns was still abundant. Katherine deduced that these should be the crystal python's energy storage section, which acted like a backup battery. When needed, provide additional Origin Energy for the crystal python.
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